Description: Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology Signed / Inscribed to reader by Author Ray Kurzweil Very Good softcover, but the pages pages have started to change color, minor foxing bit on the edgesPublisher Penguin 2005 652 pages The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology is a 2005 non-fiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. The book builds on the ideas introduced in Kurzweil's previous books, The Age of Intelligent Machines and The Age of Spiritual Machines A prodigy from Queens created hardware and software to help blind people read and musicians make music. His inventions, writings, and influential thinking have explored and exploited technology in many ways and helped shape ongoing work in artificial intelligence. Kurzweil describes his law of accelerating returns which predicts an exponential increase in technologies like computers, genetics, nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence. Once the Singularity has been reached, Kurzweil says that machine intelligence will be infinitely more powerful than all human intelligence combined. Afterwards he predicts intelligence will radiate outward from the planet until it saturates the universe. The Singularity is also the point at which machines' intelligence and humans would merge.
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Signed By: Ray Kurzweil
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Book Series: FUturism
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Personalize: Yes
Type: Essay / Futurism
Literary Movement: Futurism
Personalized: Yes
Features: Inscribed / signed, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Personalization Instructions: Inscribed / signed on title page by Ray Kurzweil
Book Title: Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Ray Kurzweil
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Future Studies, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Nanotechnology & Mems, Robotics
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Computers, Science, Medical, Social Science
Item Weight: 22 Oz
Number of Pages: 672 Pages
